The LADB is proud to announce that its Hearing Committee Counsel, Jordan D. Huck, is currently serving as the President of the National Council of Lawyer Disciplinary Boards, Inc. The NCLDB is a nonprofit corporation which serves as a national forum for attorney discipline adjudicative agencies to exchange information and ideas in carrying out their responsibilities and duties regarding attorney discipline. Jordan presided over NCLDB’s annual meeting in January of this year and also participated in a panel discussion at the meeting addressing the topic of “Brady v. Maryland and Beyond: A Survey of Prosecutorial Misconduct.” He will continue his service to the organization as Immediate Past President when his term as President ends later this year. Read More >>

Over the past five years, lawyers in nearly one hundred disciplinary cases have allowed the factual allegations in the formal charges filed against them to be “deemed admitted.” Deemed admitted matters are the disciplinary equivalent to civil default judgments. This month, Deputy Disciplinary Counsel Christopher D. Kiesel explains La. Sup. Ct. Rule XIX relating to the deemed admitted process. Please view the video to learn more about the process and the simple things lawyers can do to avoid having factual allegations asserted against them from being “deemed admitted.” Watch >>